Bank robbery suspect arrested at his Elburn home after chase

A 32-year-old man who allegedly robbed a bank in unincorporated LaPorte County, Ind., led police on a pursuet that involved several police agencies from Indiana and Illinois and ended with the man being arrested in the garage of his Elburn home, according to officials.

The robbery occurred at the LaPorte Savings Bank when an armed man walked into the bank at 2:09 p.m. and announced a bank robbery, said FBI Special Agent Joan Hyde.

The robbery happened at the bank at 6959 W. Johnson Rd. in unincorporated LaPorte County, according to LaPorte County sheriff's officials.

After the bank robber left, police began pursuing his vehicle in Indiana and across the Illinois border.

At about 3:14 p.m., Kane County sheriff's police were notified that the vehicle, a 1999 Chevy Suburban, was being pursued westbound on I-88 in connection with the bank robbery and was near Farnsworth Avenue in Aurora, according to Kane County sheriff's office Spokesman Lt. Pat Gengler.

The vehicle exited I-88 at Rt. 31 in North Aurora where police lost sight of the vehicle. At 3:18 p.m. A Kane County Sheriff’s Deputy spotted the Suburban traveling west on Main St. near Deerpath Rd in Batavia Township.

At that point, the deputy tried unsuccessfully to stop the Suburban which sped west on Main Street, Gengler said. The vehicle continued and eventually turned onto Oakwood Drive off Hughes Rd near the town of Elburn, Gengler said.

At about 3:26 pm the driver, who was the sole occupant, exited the vehicle as it drove onto a yard. He then ran through several back yards. Eventually he ran around to the front of a home and into an open garage where he was taken into custody by members of the Kane County Sheriff’s office, Kane County Forest Preserve Police and Elburn Police Department.

The garage he ran into on the 1100 block of Wise Street was the man's home, according to Gengler. The man was not injured.

He was identified as David Ziesel of Elburn and was charged with aggravated fleeing and attempt to elude police, which are felonies.

He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of resisting a peace officer. The charges were lodged by the Kane County State's Attorney's office, Gengler said.

FBI and LaPorte County sheriff's officials are investigating the bank robbery and charges are pending, Gengler said. The man has been turned over to LaPorte County Sheriff's detectives, Gengler said.